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Thursday, July 25, 2013

Summer Star (12 1/2 inch star block tutorial)

Today I visited this site called Ladylike Designs and was inspired to sew bright star blocks surrounded by colorful 4 patches

I'll show you how I sewed my star blocks

1. The center of the star is a 4 1/2" square block 2. There are 4 background squares in each corner also 4 1/2 inches 3. There is a border around each star center which matches the star points (2) 1 3/8" x 4 1/2" and (2) 1 3/8" x 6 1/4" 4. The star points are 3 3/4" squares cut once diagonally. 5. There are also setting triangles (these are 3 3/4" square, cut once diagonally) (see next photo)

Showing how I assembled the pieces

These turn out to be 12 1/2 inch square blocks (unfinished). I like how colorful and bright they are. Good for summer!